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He aha ka Ultrasound? Ke Kumu, ke Kaʻina Hana & nā Hōʻike

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He hoʻokolohua kiʻi palekana a ʻaʻole ʻeha ka ultrasound e hoʻohana ana i nā nalu kani e hana i nā kiʻi o loko o kou kino. E noʻonoʻo e like me kahi scan mālie e kōkua ana i nā kauka e ʻike i kou mau ʻōkana, nā ʻiʻo, a me ke kahe koko me ka ʻole o ka radiation a i ʻole nā kaʻina hana invasive.

Ke kōkua nei kēia mea hana lapaʻau maʻamau i nā mea mālama ola e ʻike i nā maʻi a me ka nānā ʻana i nā hāpai ʻana no nā makahiki he nui. Ua ʻike maikaʻi paha ʻoe mai nā nānā ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana, akā hoʻohana ʻia nā ultrasounds e nānā i nā ʻāpana he nui o kou kino, mai kou puʻuwai a i kou gallbladder.

He aha ka ultrasound?

Hoʻohana ka ultrasound i nā nalu kani kiʻekiʻe e lele ana mai nā hale o kou kino e hana i nā kiʻi manawa maoli ma ka pale kamepiula. He mālie loa nā nalu kani i nā pepeiao kanaka a ʻaʻole lākou e hōʻoluʻolu.

Hoʻouna kahi mea liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia he transducer i kēia mau nalu kani i loko o kou kino a loaʻa nā leo e lele mai ana. Hōʻike nā ʻiʻo like ʻole i nā nalu kani i nā ʻano like ʻole, ʻo ia ke ʻano e hana ai ka mīkini i nā kiʻi kikoʻī. He like ia me ke ʻano o ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā dolphins i ka echolocation e hoʻokele ma lalo o ka wai.

Hōʻike koke nā kiʻi ma ka monitor, e ʻae ana i kāu mea mālama ola e ʻike i ka mea e hana nei i loko o kou kino i ka manawa maoli. ʻO kēia manaʻo koke e hana i nā ultrasounds i mea waiwai loa no ka ʻike a me ka nānā ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau.

No ke aha e hana ʻia ai ka ultrasound?

Paipai nā kauka i nā ultrasounds e nānā i nā ʻōkana, e ʻike i nā maʻi, a e nānā i kou olakino me ka ʻole e hōʻike iā ʻoe i ka radiation. ʻO kēia ka mea e palekana ai lākou no nā wahine hāpai a me nā poʻe e pono ai ke kiʻi pinepine.

Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke hōʻike i kahi ultrasound e noiʻi i nā hōʻailona i wehewehe ʻole ʻia e like me ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū, ka pehu ʻana, a i ʻole nā puʻupuʻu maʻamau. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana iā ia e alakaʻi i nā kaʻina hana e like me nā biopsies a i ʻole e nānā i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau.

Eia nā kumu maʻamau e kauoha ai nā kauka i nā ultrasounds:

  • Ka nānā ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana a me ka ulu ʻana o ka pēpē
  • Ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻōkana o ka ʻōpū e like me ke akepaʻa, ka ʻōpū bile, a i ʻole nā puʻupaʻa
  • Ka nānā ʻana i ke ʻano a me ka hana o kou puʻuwai
  • Ka loiloi ʻana i ke kahe koko i loko o nā aʻa a me nā veins
  • Ka noiʻi ʻana i ka ʻeha o ka pelvic a i ʻole nā pilikia olakino hānau
  • Ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā biopsy nila a i ʻole nā kaʻina hana ʻē aʻe
  • Ka ʻike ʻana i nā pōhaku ʻōpū bile a i ʻole nā pōhaku puʻupaʻa
  • Ka loiloi ʻana i nā nodules thyroid a i ʻole nā puʻupuʻu umauma

ʻAʻole maʻamau, kōkua nā ultrasound i ka ʻike ʻana i nā maʻi laha ʻole e like me kekahi mau ʻano tumora a i ʻole nā hana ʻokoʻa o nā kīʻaha koko. E wehewehe kāu kauka i ke kumu i ʻōlelo ai lākou i kēia hoʻokolohua kikoʻī no kou kūlana.

He aha ke kaʻina hana no ka ultrasound?

He maʻalahi ke kaʻina hana ultrasound a maʻa mau i 15 a 45 mau minuke, ma muli o ka wahi e pono ai kāu kauka e nānā. E moe ʻoluʻolu ʻoe ma luna o kahi papa hoʻokolokolo i ka wā e hana ai kahi loea i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia i ka scan.

ʻO ka mea mua, e hoʻopili ka loea i kahi gel maʻemaʻe, i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka wai i kou ʻili ma luna o ka wahi e nānā ʻia nei. Kōkua kēia gel i nā hawewe kani e hele maikaʻi a hoʻopau i nā ʻeke ea e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i nā kiʻi.

A laila, e hoʻoneʻe mālie lākou i ka transducer ma luna o kou ʻili, e hoʻopili ana i ke kaomi māmā e kiʻi i nā kiʻi maikaʻi loa. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka transducer e paʻi ʻia ana ma kekahi mau wahi, akā ʻaʻole pono kēia e hōʻeha.

I ka wā o ka scan, e noi ʻia ʻoe e hoʻololi i nā kūlana, e paʻa i kou hanu no ka manawa pōkole, a i ʻole e inu i ka wai e hoʻopiha i kou ʻōpū. Kōkua kēia mau ʻanuʻu i ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻi maopopo o nā ʻōkana kikoʻī. E wehewehe ka loea i kā lākou hana i ke kaʻina hana.

No kekahi mau ʻano ultrasound, e like me nā scan transvaginal a i ʻole transrectal, hoʻokomo ʻia kahi transducer i hoʻolālā kūikawā ʻia i loko o ke kino. ʻOiai e ʻoluʻolu iki paha kēia, hāʻawi ia i nā kiʻi maopopo loa o kekahi mau ʻōkana a ua manaʻo ʻia he palekana loa.

Pehea e hoʻomākaukau ai no kāu ultrasound?

ʻAʻole pono ka hapa nui o nā ultrasound i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana, e maʻalahi ai lākou no nā nānā maʻamau a me nā kūlana olakino wikiwiki. E hāʻawi kāu mea mālama ola iā ʻoe i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka ultrasound āu e loaʻa nei.

No nā ultrasound ʻōpū, pono ʻoe e hoʻokē ʻai no 8 a 12 mau hola ma mua. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻohe meaʻai a i ʻole nā mea inu koe ka wai, e kōkua ana i ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻi maopopo o kou mau ʻōkana ma ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ke kinoea i loko o kou ʻōpū.

Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ultrasound pelvic, pono paha ʻoe e inu i 32 auneke wai ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola ma mua o kāu manawa a pale i ka mimi ʻana. Hoʻokuʻu ka ʻōpū piha i nā ʻōkana ʻē aʻe mai ke ala, e hana ana i nā kiʻi maikaʻi aʻe o kou mau ʻōkana hānau.

Eia ka mea āu e manaʻo ai no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana e pili ana i nā ʻano ultrasound like ʻole:

  • Ultrasound ʻōpū: Hoʻokē ʻai no 8-12 mau hola, e ʻaʻahu i nā lole ʻoluʻolu
  • Ultrasound pelvic: E inu i ka wai a mālama i ka ʻōpū piha
  • Ultrasound hāpai: ʻAʻole pono ka hoʻomākaukau kūikawā
  • Ultrasound puʻuwai: ʻAʻole pono ka hoʻomākaukau, e ʻaʻahu i ka pālule e wehe ana i mua
  • Ultrasound thyroid: ʻAʻole pono ka hoʻomākaukau, e pale i ka ʻaʻahu ʻana i nā lei

E ʻaʻahu i nā lole ʻoluʻolu, ʻaʻole paʻa e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻoponopono a wehe paha inā pono. Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia iā ʻoe kahi ʻaʻahu haukapila e ʻaʻahu ai i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana.

Pehea e heluhelu ai i kāu mau hopena ultrasound?

E wehewehe ʻia kāu mau hopena ultrasound e ka radiologist, he kauka loea i ka heluhelu ʻana i nā kiʻi lapaʻau. E hana lākou i kahi hōʻike kikoʻī e loiloi ai kāu mea mālama ola me ʻoe, maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau lā.

E wehewehe ka hōʻike i ka mea a ka radiologist i ʻike ai, me ka nui, ke ʻano, a me ke ʻano o kou mau ʻōkana a i ʻole nā ʻiʻo. E hōʻike lākou i nā mea a pau e ʻike maʻamau a hōʻike i nā wahi e pono ai ka nānā hou a i ʻole ka hahai ʻana.

ʻO ke ʻano maʻamau, ʻo ia hoʻi, ke nānā aku nei nā ʻōkana i ke olakino a hana pono, me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi a i ʻole nā mea ʻokoʻa. E wehewehe kāu kauka i ke ʻano o ke ʻano maʻamau no kou kūlana a me kou makahiki.

ʻAʻole manaʻo maʻalahi nā hopena ʻokoʻa he mea koʻikoʻi ka hewa. Nui nā mea i loaʻa ʻokoʻa he maikaʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole lākou he maʻi ʻaʻai a i ʻole he mea weliweli koke. E wehewehe kāu mea mālama ola i ke ʻano o nā mea i loaʻa a inā pono nā hoʻokolohua a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau.

I nā manawa kakaʻikahi, hiki i nā ultrasound ke ʻike i nā mea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia e like me nā ulu ʻokoʻa, nā hōʻiliʻili wai, a i ʻole nā mea ʻokoʻa. E kūkākūkā kāu kauka i kēia mau hopena me ʻoe a paipai i nā hana aʻe kūpono, e komo pū ana me nā kiʻi hou aʻe a i ʻole nā kūkākūkā loea.

He aha nā mea pilikia no ka pono o ka ultrasound?

ʻO kekahi mau mea e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kāu kauka e paipai i ka ultrasound ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāu mālama olakino. ʻO ka makahiki kekahi mea e noʻonoʻo ai, no ka mea, lilo kekahi mau maʻi i mea maʻamau i ka wā e ʻelemakule ai mākou.

He hana ko kou moʻolelo ʻohana. Inā he mau ʻohana pili i loaʻa nā maʻi e like me nā pōhaku gall, nā maʻi puʻuwai, a i ʻole kekahi mau maʻi ʻaʻai, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻohana i nā ultrasound no ka ʻike mua a i ʻole ka nānā ʻana.

Eia nā mea maʻamau e hiki ke alakaʻi i nā ʻōlelo paipai ultrasound:

  • Hāpai, ʻoiai inā ʻoe ma luna o 35 a i ʻole he mau mea pilikia
  • Moʻolelo ʻohana o nā maʻi puʻuwai, nā pōhaku gall, a i ʻole kekahi mau maʻi ʻaʻai
  • Nā hōʻailona e like me ka ʻeha ʻōpū a i ʻole ka pehu ʻana
  • Ke koko kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole ka maʻi diabetes
  • Moʻolelo mua o nā pōhaku kīkī a i ʻole nā pōhaku gall
  • Nā puʻupuʻu a i ʻole nā puʻupuʻu ʻokoʻa i loaʻa i ka wā o nā hoʻokolohua kino
  • Nā hopena hoʻokolohua koko ʻokoʻa e pono ai ka noiʻi hou

ʻAʻole maʻamau, hiki i nā maʻi genetic a i ʻole ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻonui i kou pono no ka nānā ʻana i ka ultrasound maʻamau. E noʻonoʻo kāu mea mālama ola i kāu mau mea pilikia pilikino i ka wā e paipai ana i nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi.

I ka manawa hea e ʻike ai au i ke kauka no ka ultrasound?

Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona mau e pono ai ka loiloi ultrasound. Mai kali inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha nui, ʻoi loa i kou ʻōpū a i ʻole ka umauma.

E ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i nā puʻupuʻu hou ma nā wahi a pau o kou kino, ka pehu koke ʻana i kou mau wāwae a i ʻole ka ʻōpū, a i ʻole ka pōkole o ka hanu ʻole. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i nā kūlana e hiki ai i nā ultrasounds ke kōkua i ka ʻike.

Eia nā hōʻailona e pono ai ka loiloi ultrasound:

  • ʻEha ʻōpū mau a i ʻole ka ʻūlū
  • Ka pehu ʻana i kou mau wāwae, ʻōpū, a i ʻole ʻāʻī
  • Nā puʻupuʻu hou a i ʻole nā ​​puʻupuʻu hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo
  • Ke kahe ʻana o ka ʻōpū maʻamau a i ʻole ka ʻeha pelvic
  • ʻEha umauma a i ʻole ka pōkole o ka hanu
  • Nā ʻeha poʻo nui me nā loli ʻike
  • Nā hōʻailona o ka hāpai ʻana a i ʻole nā ​​hopohopo momona

I nā kūlana pilikia, e like me ka ʻeha ʻōpū nui, ka ʻeha umauma, a i ʻole nā ​​hōʻailona o ka hahau ʻana, e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hoʻohana pinepine nā keʻena pilikia i nā ultrasounds e ʻike koke i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi.

Nā nīnau i nīnau pinepine ʻia e pili ana i nā ultrasounds

Q.1 He maikaʻi anei ka hoʻāʻo ultrasound no ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa?

Hiki i nā Ultrasounds ke ʻike i kekahi mau ʻano maʻi kanesa, akā ʻaʻole lākou ka mea hana screening mua no ka hapa nui o nā maʻi kanesa. He mea maikaʻi lākou no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻōpū i nā ʻōpū e like me ke ake, nā ovaries, a i ʻole ka thyroid, a hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana ma waena o nā puʻupuʻu paʻa a me nā cysts i piha i ka wai.

Eia naʻe, he mau palena nā ultrasounds. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻike ma o ka iwi a i ʻole nā ​​ʻōpū i piha i ke kinoea, no laila hiki iā lākou ke nalo i nā maʻi kanesa ma nā wahi e like me nā māmā a i ʻole ka colon. E koho kāu kauka i ka hoʻāʻo kiʻi maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ke ʻano o ka maʻi kanesa e hopohopo nei lākou.

Q.2 Hoʻokumu anei ka ultrasound i nā hopena ʻaoʻao?

Ua manaʻo ʻia he palekana loa nā ultrasound me ka ʻole o nā hopena ʻaoʻao i ʻike ʻia a i ʻole nā pilikia lōʻihi. ʻAʻole like me nā X-ray a i ʻole nā scan CT, ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻohana i ka radiation, e palekana ai lākou no nā wahine hāpai a me nā poʻe e pono ai ke kiʻi pinepine.

ʻO ka hōʻoluʻolu liʻiliʻi wale nō āu e ʻike ai, mai ka manaʻo anu o ka gel ma kou ʻili a i ʻole ke kaomi māmā mai ka transducer. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe he ʻoluʻolu iki nā ultrasound i loko, akā ʻaʻole lākou he ʻeha a he manawa pōkole ka hōʻoluʻolu.

Q.3 Pehea ka pololei o nā hopena ultrasound?

Aia ka pololei o ka ultrasound i ke ʻano o ke kūlana e loiloi ʻia nei a me ka mākaukau o ka mea loea a me ka radiologist. No ka lā a me ka nānā ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana, he pololei loa nā ultrasound, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka trimester mua.

No ka ʻike ʻana i nā pōhaku gallstones a i ʻole nā pōhaku kīkī, he 95% pololei nā ultrasound. Eia naʻe, hiki iā lākou ke nalo i nā pōhaku liʻiliʻi loa a i ʻole nā mea i hūnā ʻia ma hope o ke kinoea a i ʻole nā ʻōkana ʻē aʻe. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā hoʻokolohua hou inā pono lākou i ka ʻike kikoʻī.

Q.4 Hiki iaʻu ke ʻai ma mua o ka ultrasound?

Aia inā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai ma mua o ka ultrasound i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa nei. No ka hapa nui o nā ultrasound ʻōpū, pono ʻoe e hoʻokē ʻai no 8 a 12 mau hola ma mua e hōʻoia i nā kiʻi maopopo.

No nā ultrasound hāpai, nā ultrasound puʻuwai, a i ʻole nā ultrasound thyroid, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai maʻamau ma mua o kāu manawa. E hahai mau i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī a kāu mea mālama ola e hāʻawi ai iā ʻoe, no ka mea, ʻokoʻa nā koi hoʻomākaukau.

Q.5 Pehea ka lōʻihi o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena ultrasound?

Loaʻa ka hapa nui o nā hopena ultrasound i loko o 1 a 3 mau lā ʻoihana. Pono ka radiologist i ka manawa e nānā pono i kāu mau kiʻi a kākau i kahi hōʻike kikoʻī no kāu mea mālama ola.

I nā kūlana wikiwiki, hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena i loko o nā hola. Inā ʻoe i loko o ka haukapila a i ʻole ke keʻena pilikia, hiki i nā kauka ke loaʻa nā hopena mua koke e kōkua i ke alakaʻi ʻana i kāu lapaʻau. E launa aku kāu mea mālama ola iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā lākou ka hōʻike hope loa.

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